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C Palace 2 Cardiff 1: Routledge outwits Cardiff

CRYSTAL PALACE winger Wayne Routledge tied Cardiff in knots at Selhurst Park. He scored the first goal and made the second as the visitors lost the plot and had two players sent off for violent conduct.

Cardiff promised much but ultimately delivered little. And as Palace??s confidence blossomed, Steve Kember??s side began to pass pleasingly.

Routledge was everywhere ?? on the right wing, on the left, then in the left-back position helping out the defence ?? and his goal just before half-time was richly deserved. A swift Palace attack saw Danny Butterfield put him through and his shot ripped low into the net.

Then the defence was open when he ran down the right after half-time and Neil Shipperley poked in his cross.

There was just no faulting Routledge. ??He was in a different dimension,?? said Kember. It was all too much for Willie Boland, who kicked out at him